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Fluorapatite with Bertrandite on Albite-Quartz from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite with Bertrandite on Albite-Quartz from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite with Bertrandite on Albite-Quartz from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite with Bertrandite on Albite-Quartz from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite with Bertrandite on Albite-Quartz from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 63971
Mineral:Fluorapatite with Bertrandite on Albite-Quartz
Locality:Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous transparent purple fluorapatite crystals to 11 mm with minor translucent yellow bladed bertrandite crystals to 0.3 mm over platy white albite. The fluorapatite crystals are prismatic form with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:4.5x4x2.5 cm
Crystals:0.2-11.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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